Casting-control mechanism for linotype-machines.



A. W. LE BOEUF.

CASTING CONTROL MECHANISM FORLINO'IYPE MACHINES.

APPLICATION rum) JULY 11, 1910.

1,061,388. Patented May 13, 1913.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 11, 1910.

v 1,061,388. Patented May 13, 1913.

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A. W. LE BOBUF. CASTING CONTROL MECHANISM FOR LINOTYPB MACHINES. APPLIOATION PILED JULY 11, 1910.

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-. UNITED ARTHUR W. LE BOEUF, OF WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOB TO ELECTRIC COMPOSITOR COMPANY, ORNEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CASTING-CONTROL MECHANISM FOR LINOTYIQE-MACHINES.

. mg at Woonsocket, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a certain newand useful Improvement in Casting-Control Mechanism for Linotype-Machines, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

In the kind of linotype machines to which the present invention is adapted, independent matrices and spacers are assembled in a line on what is commonly called an assembling rail. Then a device, generally referred to as a line carrier, pushes this line of matrices (and spacers) along to a definite position, where the line will come under the influence of other mechanism by which they are accurately placed and clamped in front of the mold. The clamped matrix line is then caused to close one side of the mold slot, and then molten type metal is injected into the mold slot for the purpose of making a linotypex After this the matrices are removed and automatically carried to the embrace of the matrix distributing mechanism. When everything works right, these various'operations are carried on automatically and in pro-per sequence. If, however, the line carrier were to fail to carry the matrix line to the required osition to be engaged and operated upon y the mechanism provided for that purpose, and if nevertheless the clamping mechanism, the casting mechanism and elevator mechanism were to operate in the ordinary way, the results would be a serious damage to the malinecarrier has chine.

The.present invention is particularly intended as a safe guard to prevent the operation of the said mechanisms, unless the moved the line to the proper I position.

i The invention in the precise embodiment shown is especially contrived for use in connection with substantially such a linot-ypc making machine as is shown either wholly or in part in various patents granted to the Electric compositor Company as the assignee of different inventors. The Bellows Specification of Letters Patent. Application fil ed July 11, 1910. Serial {T o7571,311.

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Patent No. 921,063, particularly in Figure 19, shows some of the mechanism which the present invention, in the particular embodiment shown in the drawing, is intended to allow to operate or to prevent operating, as circumstances require. The invention, however, is not necessarily restricted to an embodiment especially adapted for this machine.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the mechanism which constitutes the preferred embodiment vention and some associated parts,-a part of a frame member being broken away, and

of the present inother parts of the frame, and two shafts be- Fig. 2 is a sectional end said mechanism,-the section being of Fig. 1, when the line carrier is at the end of that movement by which it carries a matrix line to the casting mechanism. Fig. 3 is a front view of some of the parts shown in Fig. 1, showing their relative positions when the cam shaft has heenreleased. Fig. 4 is a sectional side view of the parts as shown in Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3, except that it shows the position of the parts when the operator has intentionally thrown them into such position that the camshaft will not be released.

Referring to the parts by reference numbers, 245 represents what is commonly known as the recorder shaft; and 4 represents what is known as the casting mechanism cam shaft. Both of 'theseshafts are normally idle, but, at the will of the operator, the shaft 245 may be caused to make one complete revolution.

45 represents a ratchet wheel which is rotatably mounted upon the shaft 4 and is to be constantly rotated by any suitable mechanism. Fixed to the cam shaft is a disk 17 carrying a pawl 46 which is fixed to a rock shaft 47 mounted on this disk. This rock shaft is under the influence of a spring 49 tending to carry the pawl into engagement with said ratchet. A trip arm 48 is fixed to the rock shaft 47 in such position that as the disk 17' rotates it may strike the end of trip lever 36, wherefore the pawl STATEQEXIENT OFFICE.

. various parts having to a lmotypev and ;tion of the mechanism 40 with means for turning it.

55' pulley 60 clutch jaws on its ends.

5 cam shaft "4 is onewhichcarries various cams for operating the casting mechanism,

and the -mechanisms by which the matrix line is moved from place. to place and utilized for the making of a, linotype. It is to be understood that the recorder shaft, at a suitable part of its revolution will trip the release lever36, and allow the pawl 46 to "fly into, engagement with. the ratchet 45,

whereupon'thecam shaft 4 rotates and the v the movement of the assembled matrix line, will operate in proper s afl nce.v I he parts above described are substantiallylike thecorresponding parts shown and described in Bellowss Patent It will be understood by those familiar with this patent that this shaft 4 carries numerous cams which control the operafor clamping the line, for causing the matrix of the mold, for ejecting molten metal into the mold, for ejecting the linotype, etc'.; and that therefore, unless the shaft'4 turns,

the matrix line will remain in the position to WhlCh the line carrle flhas moved it; and

that none of the mechanisms, which include the. line clamping mechanism, the castmg mechanism, etc., will be operated. 'It

ject of the invention shown, is to prevent, e ther at will or automatically, as when the line carrier has not properly done its work,

theoperative connection of the said shaft 4' g direction and moves right, to the-posit on The assembling-rail, on which the line of matrices are assembled, has 1 through it. The. line carrier slide: 246 moves in guides on, a frame member beneath this slotted rail, and has a thin arm 240-p1voted to its front endand extending upward andto the left therefrom through the slot 1; said arm being; under the influence of a yielding spring plunger 251 to hold it up intheposit-ion to, engage with the rear end of a matrix line, This slide 246 is connectedas shown in said prior patent with opposite ends of'la belt250 which is driven by the driving pulley 261'. This isfixed to the upper end of the vertical shaft 262. The vertical shaft 262 is turned first in one direction and then in the I other, or is allowed to stand idle, through the operation of a clutch sleeve 268 having The shaft 262 has a bevel gear 265 secured to its lower end; and this gear meshes with two beveled gears 269 and 270 which loosely embrace a shaft i 271. This shaft is constantly driven by any pivoted to a fixture, 275 which engages with the side faced cm 276 fixed to the recorder shaft 245, This recorder shaft, in' a linotype machine in do with the casting;

line to close one side- -and then back to its thenin the opposite direction into engage- Y ment with the gear269, and then back'to v sleeve 268,'the shaft 262 turns in that direction which moves the and carries the line of matrices along the assembling rail to such;

" 35 may therefore be said that the specifi a vertical slot ratchet 45;

beveled left end.

suitable mechanism, as, for example, a sprocket wheel 279 fixed to it, and adriven sprocket chain 284. These two bevel gears 269 and 270 are provided with clutch-jaws facing the clutch jaws onthe clutch sleeve 268. This sleeve is splined to the shaft 271 and therefore rotates with it; but it has an annular groove 268 with which a forked lever 275 engages. This fork lever 275 is and it carries a roller which this invention may be employed will preferably be set in operation at will, as

by the depression of the line key, and it will make one complete revolution and then stop but it is a natter is driven by hand or'by mechanism, orhow it isset in operation-and stopped when it has completed its revolution-. The cam 276 must, however, one complete revolution of fork lever 275 will be rocked so astocarry the clutch sleeve 268 from its'neutral posh tion into engagement its neutral posit1on. While gear 270'is in engagement with clutch line carrier .to the left position that they may be subsequently; en-

of no consequence; to thepresent invention whether this shaft be so shaped that during the shaft 245 the:

with'the gear 270, o. neutral position, and

gaged and controlled by other mechamsm.

the line carrier to the for engagement with a new line, 'When the shaft 245 stops this which. the line carrier may or may not, according to circumstances, cause the operation ofithe mechanism through which the cam shaft 4 is connected with the rotating A lever shaft 61 mounted in a part of the framework of the machine. In the u per end of this lever is a spring pawl 62. ixed to the line carrier slide 246 1s a dog 249 having a This dog is so placed, relativeto "the upper end of the lever 60 and the, spring plunger 62 therein, that,;when the line carrier moves to the left, the beveled .face of the dog 249 will engage with the When the shaft 262 is beingrotated; by the I ear 269, said shaft turns in thecontrar'y sleeve 268 should be in the neutral position. I will now describe the mechanism through 60 is fixed to arock plunger 62 and will pressit down so that the dog 249 may pass carrier moves as far as 1t should to properly place the matrix line, the dog will pass entirely over the spring plunger, and the latover it. If the .line a ter will fly up behind the dog. If the movement of the line carrier is checked in any manner before it moves as far as it should, said dog will not pass this spring plunger, and therefore, as will be seen, the .lever will not be operated when the line carrier moves to the right. Assuming, however,

that this dog has passed the spring plunger 62, then when the line carrier moves to the right, the dog, by pressing against this spring plunger will rock lever 60 and swing it until the dog can slide over the spring plunger 62.

Fixed to the rock shaft 61 is a bell crank lever 64. The horizontal arm of this lever lies beneath an arm on a bell crank lever 65 which is mounted on a fixed screw stud 65". The vertical arm of the bell crank lever 64 engages with a stop pin 66 to limit its movement in one direction, namely, the direction in which shaft 61 is turned by the action of sprin 66. The stop 66 is carried by a fixed portion of the frame ofthe machine. The vertical depending arm of the bell crank 65 is forked as at 65; and the castin controlling fork 67 is pivoted to said depending arm of the bell crank 65, on a pivot which is at right angles to the pivot on which said bell crank turns. The vertically slotted lower end of the fork 67 engages in an annular groove in a pin 35. This pin is horizontalliy movable inv a triangular frame 34, which rame is slotted vertically so as to permit the fork 67 to pass to the position where it may engage said pin. In its normal position this pin is inoperative, but when moved by the line carrier, through the train of mechanism described, this pin is pushed,

forward and over the end of anyarm 36 of the lever 36 which is'loosely hung on the stud 261, as shown in Fig. 4.

The frame 34 is pivoted to one arm of the lever 33, which is loosely hung on the fixed stud 261. This lever carries a roller 33 which engages a cam 32 fixed to the recorder shaft, and itis held in engagement with said cam by a spring 33*. The frame 34 also embraces the fiat slotted head 72 attached to the endwise movable rejector rod 71; and a pin 34' carried by this frame 34 goes through the vertical slot 72 in said head. When this pin 35 has been moved so as to project over the end of arm 36, the recorder shaft 245 may be turned. The cam 32 thereon will rock lever 33; said lever will draw the frame 34 down; and the pin 35 by engaging with the arm 36*, will'swing the lever 36 so as to withdraw it from engagement with trip arm 48, as shown in Fig. 3, whereupon the spring 49 will swing gagement with a ratchet 45, and then the cam shaft 4 will be turned. There is a spring-actuated retaining pawl 68 mounted upon the same pin 34 which connects frame 34 with lever 33. Normally this is spring pawl 46 into enend of the fork 67, which permits said fork,

under the influence of the spring 66", to back to its normal position. As shown in Fig. 3, a shoulder 68 on the pawl 68 engaging a part of the lever 33 limits the spring induced movement of said pawl. Figs; 3- and 4 show the position of the pawl 68 relative to the fork 67 when the lever 33 has been rocked by the cam 32 for the withdrawing the lever 36 from its engagepurpose of ment with the arm 48. When the described parts have performed their function as de* scribed, and the lever 33 is allowed to be drawn by its spring 33 back to its normal position, the spring'66 will immediately swing the bell crank 65 and with it the fork 67 and pin 35 back to their normal positions, and then as the frame 34 is being lifted, the top of the pawl 68 will en a e with the lower end of the fork 67 and %e returned to its initial position, as shown in Fig. 1. i

It will be understood that if the line carrier does not move as far as it should toward the left, the lever 60 will not be rocked, and therefore none of the parts controlled thereby will be moved. When, therefore, cam 32 rocked lever 33 during the revolution of the recorder shaft 245, it willdraw the frame 34 down, but the pin 35, not hav-- ing been projected out over the arm 36, will not move the latter, and therefore the shaft 4 will not be connected with the ratchet 45.

It sometimes happens that the operator. may wish to reject a line of matrices-that is to say, may not wish to cast a line of type therefrom. In that event he may press down upon the vertically movable spring actuated key 76. The lower end of this engages the horizontal arm of a bell crank lever 84, the vertical arm of which has a slot and in engagement with the rejector rod 71. his will cause the movement to the right of this rod, and this will carry the upper end of the frame 34 to the right far enough to carry the pin 35 to the right of the arm 36. Now, although the lever 60 is rocked by the line carrier, and the pin 35 is projected, it will not strike arm 36 when the frame 34 'is' drawn down; and therefore the lever 36 will not be drawn to the pawl-releasing position. Fig. 5 shows the position of the parts when the operator has by the depressing of the key 76 at them into inoperative position described Having described my invention, I claim: 1. 'The combination of a driving member, a driven member and spring actuated mechanism for .connecting them, with a devicerestraining the operation of said connecting mechanism, a line carrier, amovable'-member adapted to be engaged thereby only when the line' carrier has completed its movement in one-direction, and mechanism operated by said member for making or breaking the train .of mechanism through which the restraining device .iswithdrawn;

2. The combination of a line carrier,a lever having a: springplunger in its end, a dog carried by the line carrier and adapt-. ed to operatively engage with said spring plunger .and to pass it when the line carrier has moved to the end of its path in one direction, a driven shaft, driving mechanism therefor, and mechanism under the control of saidlever for connecting and disconnecting the driving member and driven shaft referred to.

I 3. In alino-type machine, the combination ,of a line carrier and mechanism for moving it backward and forward in a fixed path, a dog 249 fixed to said line carrier, andlever arm having a spring plunger in its endada ted tobe. engaged by said dog, a rock 'sha t to which said arm is connected, an arm fixed to saidrock shaft, a bell crank lever having one arm whichengages with the last mentioned arm,-a restraining lever having a shoulder, a frame having a pin adapted to be projected over said shoulder, a forked member engaging said pin and connected with the other arm of the last mentioned bellcrank lever on a pivot at right angles to the axis of said lever, a lever pivotally connected with said frame, and a cam for actuating the latter lever.

, 4, In a linotype-machine, the combination with a line carrier and mechanism for operating the same, of an arm projecting in the path of said line carrier, of a rock shaft to which said arm is secured, a second arm connected with said rock shaft, a bell crank lever, one arm of which engages with the arm last mentioned, a fork member pivoted to the other arm of said bell crank lever, a rotatable driven member, a rotatable. driving member, mechanism for automatically connecting these members, a device red straining the action of' said connecting mechanism and provided with 'a shoulder, a pin adapted to be projected over-the. shoulder on said restraining device and adapted driving to be moved into and out of that position by'j said fork member, a frame in which said pin is mounted a leverpivotally connected with saidframe, and a cam for operatin said lever.

5. ,T ecombination of a driven shaft, a

member; therefor including. a

' ratchet, a disk fixed to the driven member,

on the disk? a spring actuated dog mounted and provided with a trip arm, atrip leveradapted to engagesaid arm to withdraw the pawl from engagement with said ratchet, a

vrotatable cam,-a lever adapted to be operated thereby, a device connected with the last mentioned lever, a movable member carried by said device and adapted tobe moved into positions where may or may not engage the tr p lever, a line carrler, andmechanism operated therebyifor determin- I ing the position of the last mentioned movable member.

6.. In. a' linotype machine, the combination of -a driven member, a driving member, mechanism acting automatlcally to connect said two members; a device restraining the action of said connecting mechanism and provided with a shoulder, a frame, a movable pin therein which. may be projected over the shoulder on said restraining device but which normally doesnot so project, a rocking lever to which said frame is connected, a cam for operating said lever,

mechanism for projecting said pin over the shoulder, a'line carrier, and operative connections between saidline carrier and said mechanism- 7 In a linotype of a line carrier and mechanism for moving it first in. one direction and then in the reso I machine, the combination verse direction, a lever having a spring lunger in its end which pro'ects into the P J part of saldhne carrier, a rotasheave around which said belt goes, a ro.

tat able [shaft connected with said sheave,

mechanism for turning said shaft first in one direction and-then in the other, a'movable device which projects into the path of a part of said line'carrier andis adapted to be operated thereby when the line carrier has completed its travel in one direction and has started to move in the reverse direction, and mechanlsrn operated by said device.

9. In a linotype machine, the combination of a driven member, a driving. member, 1 j

' mechanism acting automatically I connect said two members, a device restraining the action of said connecting mechanism, said device. being provided with a shoulder, a movable frame, a movable pin therein which ,mayproject over the shoulder on said ie straining device, but which normally does device and thereby moving the frame into not so project, a rocking lever to which sald an inoperative position. 10 frame is connected, a cam for operatin said In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my lever, mechanism for projecting sai pin signature in the presence of two witnesses.

5 over the said shoulder, a line carrier, a re- ARTHUR W. LE BOEUF.

jector device connected with said movable Witnesses: frame, and means adapted to be engaged ARTHUR J. B. HUDsoN, by said line carrier for moving the re ector EDWARD F. GODDARD.

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